CANISIUS HIGH SCHOOL TODAY THE IMPACT REPORT SUMMER 2019 CANISIUS HIGH SCHOOL 1180 Delaware Avenue • Buffalo, NY 14209 • 716.882.0466 • www.canisiushigh.org CANISIUS HIGH SCHOOL TODAY SUMMER 2019 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2018-2019 CHAIR: Mr. Robert J. Reger, Jr. ‘66 VICE CHAIR: Mr. Peter M. Augustine ‘83 Rev. David S. Ciancimino, S.J. Mr. John R. Connolly ‘68 Hon. John M. Curran ’77 Sr. Charlene M. Fontana, S.S.J. Rev. Charles A. Frederico, S.J. Mr. Richard J. Ganci ’96 Ms. Anne D. Gioia Mr. Alexander E. Gress ’91 Mr. Andrew L. Kresse ’91 Dr. Mark G. Kris ’69 Mr. Michael D. Madden ’67 Mr. Rocco J. Maggiotto ’68 Mr. Anthony L. Manzella ’72 Rev. Joseph G. Marina, S.J. Mr. Daniel P. Mecca ’87 Rev. Joseph S. Rogliano Ms. Maureen T. Schmitt Rev. Thomas R. Slon, S.J. ’75 NON-VOTING BOARD MEMBERS: Mr. Ryan P. Crawford ’99 Mr. Thomas P. Whalen ’06 (lef to right) Dominic Ricci '21, Luke Bihary '21, and Dan Karl '21 canisiushs @canisiushs @canisiushs 2 linkedin.com/company/canisius-high-school ON THE COVER Lef to right: C.J. Lenahan ’20, Trevor Mason ’20, and Eric Kegler ’20 WHAT’S in the makerspace lab. INSIDE Fr. David Ciancimino, S.J. Jack Vukelic ’21 at a 3D printer President in the makerspace lab. Andrea Tyrpak-Endres Principal David Cristantello, Ph.D. Vice President for Institutional Advancement Matthew Carver ’94 Vice President of Finance & Chief Financial Offcer OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Debbie Burke Director of Advancement Services Ginger Geoffery Director of Communications Jay Josker ’01 Director of Alumni Relations Kenneth Liszewski ’10 FEATURES Director of Annual Giving Colleen Sellick THROUGH BEYOND THE Director of Special Events 06 THE YEARS 10 CLASSROOM Paul Zablocki ’01 Development Gifts Offcer As Canisius begins its 150th anniversary Fr. Paul Naumann, S.J., Fr. Richard Zanoni, celebration, a timeline provides a look at S.J., and other former faculty, alumni, some of the school’s major milestones. and a trustee refect on their Canisius CONTRIBUTING WRITERS experiences. Donald Casciano Paul Cumbo ’97 Fr. David Ciancimino, S.J. MISSION THE IMPACT Ginger Geoffery 15 CONTROL 32 REPORT Martin Haumesser Tucker McCarthy ’03 Bill Weppner ’53 had a front row seat with Canisius has been able to offer an excellent Fr. Paul Naumann, S.J. NASA to witness history-making space Jesuit education for 150 years thanks to Shawn Pearce ’94 travel events during the Apollo missions. generous donors. This annual report section contains fnancial highlights and expresses Maureen Schmitt gratitude for the school’s benefactors. Andrea Tyrpak-Endres Fr. Richard Zanoni, S.J. PHOTOGRAPHY MORE NEWS Ginger Geoffery Jacob Hanesworth ’22 04 President’s Message 22 Alumni Weekend Raymond Meng ’19 Joe Van Volkenburg 19 GAMBIT Highlights 24 Class of 2019 Graduation Tom Wolf 21 Hall of Fame Inductees 26 Alumni Notes EDITOR 3 Ginger Geoffery PRESIDENT’S LETTER With Fr. Ciancimino, lef to right, Ismail Attuwaybi ’21, Ron Cauley ’21, Joe Smolarek ’20, and Troy Toohey ’20. FROM THE PRESIDENT… “Tis is an exciting time to be at Canisius.” young man to discover and develop his talents for the service of others, and God’s greater glory. I’ve said this many times since my return to Canisius and I’ve meant it every time. It’s a great time to be at Canisius and even more so as we begin our sesquicentennial celebration. “Those early Jesuits who opened the Even with the bold vision they had for a school in the City of Bufalo, those early Jesuits who opened the school in 1870, with school in 1870…could never have just a handful of students, could never have imagined how the imagined how the high school would high school would prosper, evolve and grow. Our students come prosper, evolve and grow.” from 140 schools and 35 school districts across Western New York as well as Canada, China, and Korea. It’s exciting to be celebrating 150 years of service to our city, nation Today, students program robots, develop apps, and design games and Church. You will see real life examples of living this mission while 3D printers whir in the makerspace lab; each student uses on the pages ahead through the refections of alumni, as well as his own assigned iPad to receive, work on, and submit class some who’ve taught them or raised them. assignments; the library may have fewer hard copy books, but Tis issue of Canisius High School Today is also our annual report it has more resources than ever with access to digital materials; in which we highlight and express our deep gratitude for our students on service immersion trips anywhere in the world share benefactors. Te excellent Jesuit education at Canisius endures, images of their experiences instantly thanks to the internet. and indeed thrives, because of the support of generous donors, It’s astonishing how much has developed at Canisius since I began and so in conjunction with our sesquicentennial celebration we’ve my frst assignment here as a young priest in 1989. Tat’s not launched a capital campaign which will move into the public phase just with technology but with our facilities, too. Te Montante soon. It’s a campaign with a bold vision for the future of Canisius Academic Center, the Kennedy Field House, the Stransky Athletic that builds upon the school’s rich traditions. I look forward to Complex, and the Center for the Arts have all been added within sharing more details of the campaign with you in the months the last 10 years or so. Outstanding growth. As Bufalo has grown, ahead. so has Canisius. I will say it once again – it is an exciting time to be at Canisius! While much has changed, the foundation on which the school was Tank you for your continued care and support. built remains frm. Our Jesuit mission is shared and shouldered by an outstanding faculty and staf. A hallmark of Jesuit education has always been caring for the whole person and helping each Fr. David Ciancimino, S.J. 4 PRINCIPAL’S LETTER With Ms. Tyrpak-Endres, lef to right: Aidan Doyle ’19, Matt Jackson ’19, Blaise Doyle ’19, Noah Spiesz ’19, FROM THE Brendan Leong ’19, Philip Frieary ’19, and Alex Popat ’19. PRINCIPAL… “Men for Others” is a phrase we see and hear quite ofen in a Jesuit Interestingly, when our president, Fr. Ciancimino, was the provincial school. It’s a motto that’s easy to remember about the type of men superior of the Jesuits he missioned Fr. Corcoran to Yap to establish we aim to form at Canisius. A fuller, more accurate, version of the the school at the request of the local church community there. phrase is “Men and Women for and with Others.” Tis summer, I had the opportunity to experience these words in action. “Imagine the potential for other connectivity Some may think the principal works in an ofce somewhat removed between students from Canisius and the from the day to day lives of students. I prefer not to be that type of other Jesuit schools around the world.” principal. I teach–a few of the recently graduated seniors from my Honors College Religion class this year are pictured with me above– and I served as one of the leaders on a frst-of-its-kind Companions Trough our work, Canisius and Yap students forged relationships–a service immersion trip to Yap this summer. Yap is a small island, type of peer kinship that isn’t always possible on other immersion part of the Federated States of Micronesia, literally on the other side trips. It was a blessing to work alongside our new Yapese friends and of the world. an experience our students and I will not soon forget. Te Yap immersion trip difered a bit from some of the other As Canisius celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, it’s an excellent Companions trips at Canisius. Tis was the frst time we’ve gone to time to refect on our school’s history and how it has grown to what Yap, and this immersion focused more on being “with” the people it is today, but a time also to look ahead and imagine the possibilities rather than doing “for” them–although we painted an elementary for the future. school and cleared a jungle for a new building on the high Canisius is part of a network of 62 Jesuit high schools in the United school campus. States and 380 secondary schools worldwide. Imagine the potential In Yap, Canisius students worked alongside their peers from Yap for other connectivity between students from Canisius and the other Catholic High School–a school built and founded by Fr. Michael Jesuit schools around the world. Tanks to ever-evolving modern Corcoran, S.J. ’76 (now our director of campus ministry at Canisius). technology, we have greater opportunities than ever to connect virtually with classrooms in our Jesuit schools around the globe – expanding the scope of learning and creating global friendships. Canisius continues to form “Men for Others,” and as we head into the future, beyond these frst 150 years, we face exciting possibilities for putting that motto into action as we grow “for and with others.” Respectfully, Ms. Andrea Tyrpak-Endres Dan Sippel ’20 (lef) and Evan Popat ’20 (center) worked with 5 Yap Catholic High School students on refurbishing desks. 150 YEARS CANISIUS THROUGH THE YEARS 1870 1912 1928 1944 1948 1956 In 1912, with Canisius High School enrollment at 379 students, the college moved to Main Street. This In 1944, the Jesuits purchased the former Masonic left the Washington Street campus Consistory, which had incorporated the Rand entirely to the high school.